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Top Three Reliability Best Practices for Telehealth Providers on AWS

When the COVID-19 pandemic descended on the United States with full force, one telemedicine provider saw its video call volume increase by fifteenfold. As a result, an infrastructure that worked well for a fairly stable level of baseline traffic was ... Read more
| Author Chris Covington, tagged in telemedicine, telehealth, aws, reliability, availability


In Praise of HIE Modernization

On September 30, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT awarded $2.5 million allocated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act as grants to five Health Information Exchange (HIE) applicants via the STAR ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in healthcare data interoperability, health information exchange, HIE

Simplify Cloud Security: Sharing Responsibility with a CSP and MSP

Traditionally, organizations are responsible for their data security from end to end. They have to manage the physical datacenter center, like locks and keycards, as well as their network security, applications security, and data security. But ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in cloud managed services, msp, managed services, managed security, shared responsibility

2021 Healthcare IT Predictions – The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated cloud adoption, and it is not going to slow down

It’s pretty safe to say that the events of 2020 have changed the world. For healthcare and information technology, many of those changes will continue driving transformation in 2021 — and a few new ones will also make an impact. Here are my ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in Healthcare Industry, technology, hit

What the FHIR Mandate Means For Your Business

Interoperability has gone from a best practice to a mandate. Last year, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a requirement for the use of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) among many CMS-regulated payers and ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in healthcare data interoperability, fhir

The Growing Need for HITRUST Certification in Healthcare

Serving the healthcare industry can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, healthcare vendors have the privilege to participate in something that actually makes the world a better place - helping people lead healthier lives, and helping them get ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in Compliance

Four Reasons Healthcare Payers Are Moving To The Cloud – Benefits And Drivers

It’s no secret that healthcare costs in the U.S. are skyrocketing – on both the payer and the patient side. And with the high cost of a customer service representative (CSR) call—according to one survey, as much as $6 per contact—payers can lower ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in Healthcare, cloud migration, payers

The ONC Cures Act Final Rule - Technical requirements summary

The 21st Century Cures Act rolls out significant changes that will transform how the healthcare industry exchanges data at a fundamental level. The act will take advantage of new standards and technologies to empower the patient while modernizing ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in fhir, 21st Century Cures Act

How Cloud Computing Can Help Stop Coronavirus

Note: This blog was originally published on The New Stack on February 12, 2020. Since then, there has been substantial coronavirus updates. ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in

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